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* [[Bad Liar]]: According to Peeta. "Never gamble at cards. You'll lose your last coin." {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] later on, when she gradually becomes more effective at fooling people--starting with Peeta himself}}.
* [[Beautiful Dreamer]]
* [[Big Eater]]: Katniss appreciates good food due to living on such simple fare at home. She deliberately gorges herself before the second Hunger Game to get some energy reserves.
* [[Big Sister Instinct]]: A major part of her motivation throughout the series.
* [[Birds of a Feather]]: Her and Gale.
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* [[Can't Hold His Liquor]]: She gets dizzy from just half a glass of wine in the first book, and a few gulps of white liquor in the second.
* [[Celibate Heroine]]: Seeing the horror of the Hunger Games is enough to make her call off marriage and children, because they would just end up in the reaping and possibly as tributes. And this was before she ever participated herself. Later subverted, but it still takes {{spoiler|15 years and a lot love from Peeta to change her mind.}}
* [[The Comically Serious]]
* [[Cool Big Sis]]
* [[Debt Detester]]
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* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]
* [[Ineffectual Loner]]
* [[Informed Ability]]: In the film--her archery is hailed as being quite impressive, but of the seven shots she takes during the film, she succeeds in only three, one of them shot at point-blank range, and two of those she misses are large, still targets.
* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: Once she finds out {{spoiler|she'll be headed for another Hunger Games in the Quarter Quell}}
* {{spoiler|[[Interrupted Suicide]]: Courtesy of Peeta.}}
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*** [[Not So Stoic]] when {{spoiler|Rue, and later Prim, dies}}.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Lamb stew with dried plums.
* [[Rebellious Rebel]]: She doesn't exactly agree with Coin on a few matters, {{spoiler|to the point where she ends up killing Coin at the end of Mockingjay}}. When {{spoiler|asked to become a mascot for the rebels}}, she only accepts after setting some terms to {{spoiler|keep Peeta safe}}.
* [[Straight Man]]
* [[Stylish Protection Gear]]: Her Mockingjay suit - designed by a professional stylist, no less.
* [[Survival Mantra]]: In the beginning of ''Mockingjay''.
* [[Survivor Guilt]]
* [[
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Present, lampshaded, and part of the symbolism. A mockingjay is a powerful symbol to the rebels, but it's also a bird that can't sing its own songs, relying on what others sing to it.
* [[Wreathed in Flames]]: Her entire public image is built around fire imagery after her fiery debut at the 74th Games. {{spoiler|It [[Man On Fire|backfires]] on her repeatedly, pun intended.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]}}
* [[Break the Cutie]]
* [[The Charmer]] / [[Consummate Liar]]: Arguably Peeta's strongest quality is his ability to win over the audience, and even his fellow tributes, with his magnetic personality and lies.
* [[Disney Death]]: Has one of these on the first day of the Quarter Quell
* [[Dying as Yourself]]: Kind of. It's what Peeta wanted. If he was going to die in the arena, he didn't want the Games to change who he was, like they often did with other tributes.
* {{spoiler|[[Fighting From the Inside]]}}
{{quote|{{spoiler|"How do you think this will end? What will be left? No one is safe. Not in the Capitol. Not in the districts. And you... In Thirteen... Dead by morning!"}}}}
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=== Rue ===
A twelve-year-old from District 11 and one of the younger arena contestants, who develops a sisterly relationship with Katniss. Her special skills include tree-climbing, extensive knowledge of edible wildlife, and outstanding accuracy with a slingshot.
Amandla Stenberg plays her in the film.
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=== Foxface ===
A tribute from District 5. Extremely resourceful and survives in the Games by stealing from the other Tributes.
She's portrayed by Jacqueline "Jackie" Emerson in the film.
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* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: He's got a short fuse, and Heaven help who is in his way when it goes off.
* [[Hard Work Hardly Works]]: He and the other Careers spend their entire lives training for the Games, only to be beaten by a relative novice from an outlying district.
* [[Heel Realization]]: In the film, Cato realizes before {{spoiler|his death}} that he spent his entire life being bred to be a pawn in the Capitol's scheme and whether he lives or dies he was just a part of the show.
* [[Human Shield]]/[[Taking You with Me]]: He ends up using Peeta as a human shield in case Katniss tries to kill him with the bow. Unlike most examples of the [[Human Shield]] trope, where it's done to discourage someone from killing them, the way he is talking to her when doing so implies that he wants her to kill him, or at least doesn't care whether she kills him or not at this point.
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: Nearly ties for the most horrific death in the book. The special effects in the film don't skimp on the [[Nausea Fuel]], either.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: In-universe, this is her entire gimmick for getting sponsors.
* [[Ninja Looting]]: That bow was meant for Katniss, but it doesn't stop Glimmer from claiming it when she gets there first.
* [[Pink Means Feminine]]: As the girliest of the named female Tributes, it's fitting that her movie interview dress is this shade.
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=== Finnick Odair ===
A devilishly handsome former victor from District 4, the fishing district. Best known for being one of the youngest victors (he was fourteen at the time) and for the string of broken hearts he leaves behind him in the Capitol. Won his Games by earning so many sponsors that he earned himself an ornate trident that he used to single-handedly destroy the rest of the competition.
* [[Casanova]]
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=== Johanna Mason ===
A former arena tribute from District 7, the lumber district, who pretended to be weak and useless before ruthlessly cutting her way to victory.
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Her [[Weapon of Choice]].
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* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] and a [[Jerkass Facade]]
* [[Naked on Arrival]]: Not exactly, but the first thing she does on-page is complain about her costume and strip down to her slippers. And then get in an elevator with Katniss and Peeta, chatting casually the whole way up.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Again, how she won her Games. She appeared so weak and harmless that everyone pretty much left her alone. Then she started kicking ass.
* [[Shameless Fanservice Girl]]: Usually combined with [[Naked People Are Funny]], playing on the awkwardness or absurdity of the situation.
* {{spoiler|[[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Water]]}}
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* [[Break the Cutie]]
* [[Green Eyes]]: They're described as sea-green, like Finnick's.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Annie ''Crest''a is from District 4, whose main industry is fishing.
* [[Olympic Swimmer]]: How she won her games.
* [[The Ophelia]]: She's presented as unstable at the best of times.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Never specified, but twice her hair is mentioned as voluminous and very long.
* {{spoiler|[[Someone to Remember Him By]]: She gives birth to Finnick's son after his death.}}
* [[Weak but Skilled]]: We never heard of her killing anyone, but she could ''swim,'' so she outlasted everyone when the arena flooded.
* [[What Does She See in Him?|What Does He See In Her]]: Out of all the rich and powerful lovers that Finnick's had, "the mad girl he left behind him" is the only one he truly loves.
* {{spoiler|[[Wartime Wedding]]: Her and Finnick in ''Mockingjay''.}}
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=== District 3 Tributes ===
The unnamed tributes of District 3 during the 74th Hunger Games.
{{spoiler|The girl died in the bloodbath at the Cornucopia. The boy survives the first day and joins with the "Career" tributes, acting as a supply guard and setting up booby traps around the area. When Katniss blows all of it up, Cato kills him in a fit of rage.}}
They are played by Tara Macken & Ethan Jamieson respectively.
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The unnamed "Career" tributes of District 4 during the 74th Hunger Games.
{{spoiler|The boy died in the bloodbath at the Cornucopia. The girl survives the first day and joins the "Career" pack but is killed shortly after when Katniss drops the tracker jacker nest on the group.}}
They are played by Kalia Prescott & Ian Nelson respectively.
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=== District 5 Tribute ===
The unnamed male tribute of District 5 during the 74th Hunger Games. (His partner Foxface has her own section above).
{{spoiler|He is killed in the bloodbath at the Cornucopia.}}
He is played by Chris Mark.
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=== District 6 Tributes ===
The unnamed tributes of District 6 during the 74th Hunger Games.
{{spoiler|They are both killed in the bloodbath at the cornucopia.}}
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=== District 7 Tributes ===
The unnamed tributes of District 7 during the 74th Hunger Games.
{{spoiler|They are both killed in the bloodbath at the Cornucopia.}}
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=== District 8 Tributes ===
The unnamed tributes of District 8 during the 74th Hunger Games.
{{spoiler|The boy died in the initial bloodbath at the Cornucopia. The girl survives the first day, but due to a lack of supplies, she foolishly starts a fire that allows the "Career" pack to find and attack her. She is mortally wounded, but does not die quickly, so Peeta returns and [[Mercy Kill|MercyKills]] her, Katniss is close by and hears everything.}}
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=== District 9 Tributes ===
The unnamed tributes of District 9 during the 74th Hunger Games.
{{spoiler|They are both killed in the bloodbath at the Cornucopia. The boy is the first tribute killed in the 74th Hunger Games in the novel, stabbed by Clove while he was fighting with Katniss over a backpack.}}
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=== District 10 Tributes ===
The unnamed tributes of District 10 during the 74th Hunger Games.
{{spoiler|The girl died in the bloodbath at the Cornucopia. The boy escaped with supplies into the forest, but is killed offscreen later.}}
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== The Capitol and Other Associated People ==
===As a Whole===
* [[Even Evil Has Standards| Even the Capitol Has Standards]]: This is one of few cases where {{spoiler| teenage pregnancy}} is a good thing because it’s excuses females from becoming tributes.
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* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Named after the Shakespearian [[Tragic Hero]] in the [[Coriolanus|eponymous play.]] He shares similar traits - he cares little about the ordinary folk and wants to maintain a totalitarian state.
* [[Not Me This Time]]/[[Frame-Up]]: {{spoiler|He was in fact innocent of the bombing of the Capitol children and then the District 13 medics, even when it seemed as though he did it because the hovercrafts with the bombs (which were really from District 13, as the Capitol had lost all of theirs during the destruction of the Nut) were emblazoned with the Capitol seal.}}
* [[President Evil]]
* [[Something About a Rose]]: The smell of blood is natural, thanks to {{spoiler|not taking an antidote quickly enough after poisoning both himself and a rival.}} The smell of roses covers it up.
* [[Snow Means Death]]
* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Oh yeah.
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: In the film. In the book, he's not identified by name, let alone singled out by appearance; he was first mentioned as the Head Gamemaker in the second book {{spoiler|well after his death.}}
* [[Big Bad]]: Of the film version, though he's still [[The Dragon]] to President Snow.
* [[Beard of Evil]]
* [[Damned If You Do Damned If You Don't]]: He ended up being forced to {{spoiler|let both District 12 tributes become Victors}} because if he didn't, there would be no Victor at all, which would have been a colossal failure on his part. This decision leads to {{spoiler|his execution between the first and second books and his implied forced suicide at the end of the movie}}.
* {{spoiler|1=[[Driven to Suicide]]/[[You Have Failed Me]]}}: It is strongly implied in the ending of the film that {{spoiler|President Snow forced him to commit suicide in a locked room with nightlock berries as his punishment for his failure to produce one winner instead of two. In the book, he's executed for this.}}
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: He's not really that evil, just doing his job - he even gave Katniss the top score of 11/12 because: "Well, she deserved it".
* [[Slave to PR]]: Most of the decisions Seneca makes regarding the Games is a result of him trying to appeal to what the masses would like. {{spoiler|Ends up being his [[Fatal Flaw]] when Katniss uses this as a [[Batman Gambit]].}}
* [[Villainy Free Villain]]: Being in charge of the games makes him the bad guy by default.
** He runs the titular [[Blood Sport]] to entertain the people of the Capitol, he isn't that innocent
* [[You Have Failed Me]]: Snow orders his execution over the 75th Hunger Games debacle.
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* [[Fun Personified]]
* [[The Host]]
* [[Older Than He Looks]]: Although 24 years have passed since the Second Quarter Quell, he looks the exact same when he interviews the tributes for the 74th Hunger Games. This is achieved through massive amounts of cosmetic surgery, common among Capitol citizens.
* [[Perpetual Smiler]]
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